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7.6.1 MimeTypes Objects 
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<tt class="class">MimeTypes</tt> instances provide an interface which is very like
that of the <tt class="module"><a href="module-mimetypes.html">mimetypes</a></tt> module.

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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-1522' xml:id='l2h-1522'>suffix_map</tt></b></dt>
<dd>
  Dictionary mapping suffixes to suffixes.  This is used to allow
  recognition of encoded files for which the encoding and the type are
  indicated by the same extension.  For example, the <span class="file">.tgz</span>
  extension is mapped to <span class="file">.tar.gz</span> to allow the encoding and type
  to be recognized separately.  This is initially a copy of the global
  <code>suffix_map</code> defined in the module.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-1523' xml:id='l2h-1523'>encodings_map</tt></b></dt>
<dd>
  Dictionary mapping filename extensions to encoding types.  This is
  initially a copy of the global <code>encodings_map</code> defined in the
  module.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-1524' xml:id='l2h-1524'>types_map</tt></b></dt>
<dd>
  Dictionary mapping filename extensions to MIME types.  This is
  initially a copy of the global <code>types_map</code> defined in the
  module.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-1525' xml:id='l2h-1525'>common_types</tt></b></dt>
<dd>
  Dictionary mapping filename extensions to non-standard, but commonly
  found MIME types.  This is initially a copy of the global
  <code>common_types</code> defined in the module.
</dd></dl>

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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1526' xml:id='l2h-1526' class="method">guess_extension</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>type</var><big>[</big><var>, strict</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
  Similar to the <tt class="function">guess_extension()</tt> function, using the
  tables stored as part of the object.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1527' xml:id='l2h-1527' class="method">guess_type</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>url</var><big>[</big><var>, strict</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
  Similar to the <tt class="function">guess_type()</tt> function, using the tables
  stored as part of the object.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1528' xml:id='l2h-1528' class="method">read</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>path</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
  Load MIME information from a file named <var>path</var>.  This uses
  <tt class="method">readfp()</tt> to parse the file.
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  <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-1529' xml:id='l2h-1529' class="method">readfp</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
  <td><var>file</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
<dd>
  Load MIME type information from an open file.  The file must have
  the format of the standard <span class="file">mime.types</span> files.
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